Be it playing the ball short or hitting it long, the use of the goalkeeper is now more crucial than ever to gaining an edge. "Goal-kicks have become a game of cat and mouse," added Bardsley.

For many years the role of the goalkeeper was to keep the ball out of their net and then get it as far up the pitch as possible.But over the past decade their duties have steadily evolved.They are now ...

Patrick Agyemang and Matko Miljevic scored in their international debuts, Jack McGlynn got his first national team goal and ...